FEB HALF TERM

Didn’t quite make it to Zurmatt this half term? Nope, me neither! But who cares, for we have delights aplenty in Blighty and not just out on our doorstep. Here are 9 great options if you fancy a day trip out. Warwick Castle Half term week for schools in Warwickshire is 20 – 24 […]

Want to get the kids off their devices and into the fresh air? Here’s my pick of the best local heritage properties, gardens and grounds. National Trust options At Stowe Landscape Gardens (above) near Buckingham, there’s a fun take on their kids’ trails with different choices for kids to make: will they pick the naughty path, the path […]

On the off-chance the sun doesn’t do its stuff, no worries, Muddy has it covered – there’s always Vitamin D drops and loads of brilliant stuff you can do with your little darlings indoors. Here are our top picks for the week ahead. OUR FAVOURITE LOCAL MUSEUMS 1/ Think, Make, Do, Cyber, Bletchley Park, Mon 13 […]

BEST OF THE EXHIBITIONS: Degas to Picasso, Ashmolean, Oxford After the success of last year’s Andy Warhol exhibition, the fabulous Ashmolean Museum in Oxford spools back to 19th century bohemian Paris where Manet, Pissarro, Cezanne, Degas and Picasso were collectively whipping up era-defining paintings and dreaming up the Modernist movement. It promises to be a doozy. […]

For once we’re out of the starting blocks earlyish on Half Term, and rather than an exhaustive calendar of stuff to do, plus lots of scrolling through this and that, we’re scaling it back and really curating hard so that you can clearly see the very best in courses, day out locally, day trips away, […]